BOOK CLUB
FOR OUR BOOKS›AS›PRESENTS FEATURE, I’ve invented recipients. Sue and Dermot manage a stud farm. Their son, Todd, is at uni, hoping to end up in Silicon Valley, while his sister, Rowena, has won a scholarship to study biology in Switzerland. Sue’s parents, Grace and Rory, are retired and enjoying domestic life. Sue’s boss, Verity, reads only one book a year, so it has to be life-changing. On a farm nearby are four-year-old twins Lauren and Humphrey. Sue’s best friend Nazreen, a keen reader, is coming for Christmas. Finally, Dermot’s mum, Maeve, has a broken femur and needs something visually transporting…
DERMOT
HARLEM SHUFFLE
Colson Whitehead, Fleet, $32.99
No wonder he’s a Pulitzer Prizewinner. This is
